6-728: Belca ( pronounced [ˈbeːltsa] ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kranjska Gora in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia . In August 1963, the Belca Gorge north of the village was the site where the anti-communist revolutionary Janez Toplišek (1930–1965) was ambushed by the Yugoslav secret police and taken into custody. Toplišek had crossed the border from Austria with weapons and propaganda material, unwittingly accompanied by two Yugoslav secret police agents. After his arrest he
12-596: Is a municipality on the Sava Dolinka River in the Upper Carniola region of northwest Slovenia , close to the Austrian and Italian borders. The seat of the municipality is the town of Kranjska Gora . It borders Italy & Austria . The municipality is located in the Upper Sava Valley , a typical Alpine valley. Located at the far northwest of Slovenia where the borders of Slovenia, Austria, and Italy meet,
18-513: The south the Vršič Pass connects it with Trenta in the Slovenian Littoral region. The Upper Sava Valley has an Alpine climate with its long, snow-abundant winters and shorter summers with moderate temperatures, easterly winds and sufficient rain to maintain the valley's greenery. The winter usually stays in the valley for between four and five months, and a blanket of snow usually covers
24-458: The valley for just around four months. The lowest daytime temperature in January sometimes reaches −8 °C (18 °F), while on average it usually warms up during the day to just over freezing point. The average temperature in the hottest summer months is 10 °C (50 °F) in the morning, rising up to around 23 °C (73 °F) during the day. In winter, there are large differences between
30-725: The valley is embraced on the north and south by the peaks of the Karawanks and the Julian Alps . In the east its border runs just below the town of Jesenice , where the valley opens up towards the Radovljica Valley , extending in the west along the watershed between the Sava and Slizza rivers, just west of Rateče . In the north the Wurzenpass at Podkoren leads to Arnoldstein in Carinthia , in
36-720: Was initially imprisoned with other enemies of the communist regime at the Goli Otok prison camp , and then moved to the Stara Gradiška prison , where he was killed during an escape attempt on November 15, 1965. This article about the Municipality of Kranjska Gora in Slovenia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Municipality of Kranjska Gora The Municipality of Kranjska Gora ( pronounced [ˈkɾàːnska ˈɡɔ̀ːɾa] ; Slovene : Občina Kranjska Gora )
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